Necktie-fastener



(No Model.)

P. D. BENWAY, Jr.

NBOKTIE FASTENER.

No. 358,721. Patented Mar. 1, 1887.

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PETER D. BENlVAY, JR, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 358,721, dated March1, 1887.

Application filed November 20, 1886. Serial No. 219,486.

To all whom; it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, PETER D. BENWAY, Jr., of Southbridge, in the countyof Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Necktie- Fasteners; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aviewof the back of a scarf provided with my improved fastener. Fig. 2 is aview of the fastener in operative position, and Fig. 3 is a view of thefastener folded out to show its component parts.

Similar numerals of reference in dicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to fasteners for that class of scarfs having apasteboard shield or shield of other similar stiff material at its back;and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofsuch a fastener, which may be hooked to the said shield, and which isprovided with a loop or eye, which may be secured upon the collarbuttonfor the purpose of securing the scarf and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of such a fastener, as hereinaftermore fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the shield of thescarf, which shield may be formed of any suitable stiff material, andmay be of any size and shape, and to which the fastener is secured.

The fastener is made from spring-wire, and is formed into an oblong loopor eye, 2, having preferably its upper doubled end, 3, narrower than thecentral portion, and the arms of this loop are crossed and bent straightoutward in opposite directions, as shown at 4. The outer ends of thesestraight portions are formed into flat coils 5, and the ends6 of thesecoils are bent obliquely upward, crossing each other and formed witheyes 7 at their ends, the said crossing arms being preferably bentslightly inward in a plane parallel to the plane of the inner ends, thebends being shown at 8. The eyed ends 9 of the diverging arms 10 of adoubled hook, 11, are secured into the eyes of the crossing arms of themain portion, and the (No model.)

hook is bent inward and upward, pending downward from the eyed ends ofthe crossing arms at the inner side of the main portion of the fastener.A narrow bail, 12, has its doubled end bent or curved so as to form eyes13 at the ends of the end bar of the bail, and the. ends of the arms ofthe bail are bent to form hooks 14L, projecting inward and downward, thehooked ends of the bail being above the doubled end, which is securedwith the eyes upon the diverging straight arms of the main portion.

The fastener is secured to the shield of the scarf by hooking the hookedends of the bail into the upper edge of the shield, placing the arms ofthe bail under the sides of the loop, and the diverging arms of the mainportion are drawn downward by means of the doubled hook until the saidhook may be hooked under the lower edge of the shield, when it will beseen that the elasticity of the coilsin the main portion of the fastenerwill draw the hooks together and clamp the shield edgewise, securing thefastener firmly to the shield, when the loop may be buttoned upon thecollar-button, securing the scarf to the same in its proper position.

It will be seen that this device will be very useful with scarfs inwhich either the elastic loop upon the shield for attachment upon theco1larbutton or the straps for securing it around the neck have beenremoved or lost, enabling the scarf to be used while the front portionand the shield is in good condition, regardless of the condition of thefastenings for the scarf; and it will also be understood that the devicemay be applied to new scarfs as an original fastener.

Having thus described'my invention,l claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. A scarf-fastener consisting ofamain portion having a loop, 2, formed with a narrow upper doubledend,and having its ends crossed and bent to form diverging straightportions having coils 5, then bent to cross each other again and formedwith an eye, 7, at each end, a doubled hook, 11, having diverging armsformed with eyes 9 at their upper ends,secured in the eyes of the mainportion, and a narrow bail, 12, having its lower doubled end bent toform eyes 13 at the ends of the end bar, se'

cured upon the straight diverging arms of the main portion, and havingits upper ends bent to form inwardly and downwardly projecting hooks 14,as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. In combination with a scarf having a stifi' shield at its back, afastener composed of a main portion having an upwardly-projectingnarrowing loop, 2, having its ends crossed and formed with straightdiverging portions having flat coils 5, and straight end portionscrossed again and provided with an eye, 7, at each end, a doubled hook,111, having the eyed ends 9 of its diverging arms secured in the eyes ofthe main portion, and having the doubled hook engaged under the loweredge of the shield, and a narrow bail, 12, having its doubled end bentto form eyes 13 at the ends of its end bar, secured upon the straightdimerging arms of the loop, and having hooks 14 20 at its upper endsengaging the upper edge of the shield, as and for the purpose shown andset forth. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereunto affixedmy signaturein 25

